矫 jiǎo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 矢 — arrow, dart
- Made of
- 矢 arrow, dart 乔 tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
矫正
jiǎozhèng
to correct; to rectify
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 医生建议尽早矫正孩子的咬合问题，以免影响面部发育。 Yīshēng jiànyì jǐnzǎo jiǎozhèng háizi de yǎohé wèntí, yǐmiǎn yǐngxiǎng miànbù fāyù. The doctor advised correcting the child's bite problem as early as possible to avoid affecting facial development.
- 她戴牙套是为了矫正牙齿。 Tā dài yátào shì wèile jiǎozhèng yáchǐ. She wears braces in order to straighten her teeth.
- 老师帮孩子矫正了错误的握笔姿势。 Lǎoshī bāng háizi jiǎozhèng le cuòwù de wò bǐ zīshì. The teacher helped the child correct a wrong way of holding the pen.
Related words
- 正 zhèng just, right; exactly
- 正在 zhèngzài in the middle of (doing), -ing
- 真正 zhēnzhèng real; true
- 正常 zhèngcháng normal
- 正好 zhènghǎo just right; just in time
- 正确 zhèngquè correct; right
- 正是 zhèngshì exactly; just
- 反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
- 正 zhèng straight; right
- 正式 zhèngshì official; formal
- 改正 gǎizhèng to correct
- 公正 gōngzhèng fair